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    		• Will, Bill,
     
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    		• Dunn, Katherine,
     
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    		• Laursen, John,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Literature
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Streetwise, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Will, Bill, sculptor.
    Dunn, Katherine, author.
    Laursen, John, contractor.
    Title: 
    Streetwise, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Words Underfoot, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1990.
    Medium: 
    Rose, grey and cream-colored granite paving blocks imbedded in brick.
    Dimensions: 
    85 blocks.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Sidewalk installation consists of 85 blocks with various quotes, cliches, movie dialogue and poetry incised.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Literature
    Object -- Written Matter
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Portland, Metropolitan Arts Commission, 1120 S.W. 5th Avenue, Suite 1023, Portland, Oregon 97204
    Located Sidewalk of 4th & Yamhill to 3rd & Yamhill, Portland, Oregon
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Metropolitan Arts Commission under the Percent for Public Art Program for $32,000. Writer Katherine Dunn provided the text. The typography was done by John Laursen and Jerry Mayer was the project manager. IAS files include a related article from the Oregonian and a sample of the text.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS OR000199
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